DEPARTURE Lyrics

Here, deep in the starry nowhere

A man can be at one with space and time

Preoccupied, yet not indifferent

Anxious, and yet at peace

There are powers in the universe inscrutable and profound

In the bright, clustered loneliness of the billion billion stars

We must see the stranger in a new light

In the light of understanding

It is said, a war between worlds has long been dreaded

So long as man anticipates and prepares a different pattern

And everything in the world is changed

Perhaps, they will learn something

It is said

If it is deep enough

True enough

That love can change the future

It can prevent a war

Keep the whole world whole

May we not still hope to discover a method

By which within one generation

The whole human race can be rendered

Beyond hatred

Beyond revenge

Beyond rage

We must begin to understand ourselves

Beyond the desire for power